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How Trump's tax proposal could weaken faith in the system's fairness

  • Written by Gil B. Manzon Jr., Associate Professor of Accounting, Boston College

The Trump administration wants to change the way the government taxes so-called pass-through entities.

In a nutshell, the Trump proposal would dramatically lower the rates this category of filers pay. This would lead to very creative tax planning at best and outright evasion at worst, while prompting more companies to adopt this type of business...

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